National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India Nomination Form for selection of Associates

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National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India

Nomination Form for selection of Associates

PART – A

The undersigned Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences proposes

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(Name of the candidate in capital letters)

as a candidate for selection as Associate of the Academy. His/her candidature may be considered in Section

(Mention the Number and Title of the Section as given under the guidelines)

Certified that the nominee has made excellent contributions to Agricultural Sciences, based on my personal knowledge

	Proposer
	Name
	Signature
	Date

PART – B

1. 
   Significant Achievements of the Nominee
   

Please give a brief statement of the most significant research achievements of the nominee.

(To be typed clearly within the space provided)

Name of the nominee: (Surname followed by given name) Designation & Address:	D D M M Y Y Y Y Date of birth: Age as on January 1, 2019 should not have exceeded 40 years
Special attainments of the nominee based on the 10 best publications listed in B(2) and/or 5 most important products listed in B(3); indicate their impact for the advancement of agricultural development and/or policy formulation, supported by relevant documents. (maximum 150 words)
Signature of the Proposer

List 10 most important research publications, in chronological order. For each publication, give name(s) of the author(s), indicate the corresponding author^£ by ‘*’ after his/her name, year of publication, full title of the paper, name of the journal, volume No. and page Nos.
Sl. No.	Details of Publications in the format given above	NAAS Journal ID and (Score)	Number of Citations

£ Provide proof if not indicated in the article

(3) List of 5 most important Products/Technologies/Software developed by the nominee

(Please see item 1 (b) in the Guidelines for Evaluation and list the products, technologies and software in the order scoring maximum to minimum score)

Sl. No	Details of Product/Technology/Software * (Also write in one bullet point its impact in terms of adoption, commercialization and revenue generated)	Patent No./Country of patent Release/ notification details Commercialization	List according to category (I,II,III,IV,V or VI) as given in 1(b) of the guidelines for evaluation	Whether Nominee is a Developer, Co-developer or Associate

* Marks shall be awarded only for the claims duly substantiated

(4) Patents* for which products have not been developed (Please see item 2 in the Guidelines for Evaluation)

Sl. No.	Authors	Title	Year	Patent No./ Country

* Marks shall be awarded only for the substantiated claims

(5) Awards & honors

National/International Awards of high repute such as Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and Norman E. Borlaug Award

Fellowship of National Science Academies (INSA, NASI, IAS, INAE)

Other Awards by ICAR, CSIR, DST, DBT, NRDC, National Science Academies, etc.

Young Scientist Award/Associateship by the National Science Academies

Awards/Recognition by the National and International Level Professional Societies and Academies (not covered above) (Fellowship; Lifetime Achievement Award; Positions of President, Chief Editor (or equivalent position), and Secretary)

PART – C

BIODATA

(General Information to be provided by the nominee at the time of nomination)



Space for Passport size colour photograph

1. Name in full:

(Surname followed by given name)

2. Date & Place (with State) of Birth:

3. Nationality:

4. Field of specialization:

5. Present Position/Designation:

6. Address: (a) Official: Tel. No.:

Fax No.:

Cell:

E-mail

Address:

(b) Residential: Tel. No.:

Address:

(Include STD code for Telephone & Fax No.)

7. Academic career and professional attainments

(a) Degree	University/Institution	Year

(b) Position held	Institution	Period of appointment

8. Publications

Publications in refereed journals (Attach complete list in chronological order. For each publication give name(s) of the author(s), indicate the corresponding author by asterisk ‘*’ after his/her name, year of publication, full title, name of the journal, volume No. and page Nos) :

9. Products:

10. Technologies:

11. Patents:

I offer my candidature for selection to the Associateship of NAAS. I certify that the information given in the Form is correct.

Signature of the Nominee

GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF NOMINATIONS FOR ASSOCIATESHIP OF THE ACADEMY

Allocation of marks for different criteria:

1. 
   Publications/Products & Technologies – maximum 80 marks
   
2. 
   Patents – maximum 10 marks
   
3. 
   Awards & honors – maximum 10 marks
   

1. PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGIES (Max. 80 marks)

A nominee must have a minimum score of 24 marks either in Publications or Products & Technologies

(a) Publications

(i) Research publications will be given marks according to the NAAS score of Journals:

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  Ten most important publications:
  

Each publication will be given a maximum of 8.0 marks with a cap of maximum 80 marks.

(ii) First author and corresponding author will get full marks in a publication and rest of the authors 50% marks

(iii) The nominees should submit the list of their 10 best research publications, of relevance to agriculture, in chronological order. For each publication give name(s) of the author(s), indicate the corresponding author by asterisk‘*’ after his/her name, year of publication, full title, name of the journal, volume No. and page Nos. For NAAS scoring of journals, list of Journals as identified by NAAS and available on Academy website: www.naasindia.org may be consulted and the Journal ID should be mentioned in the column provided in the proforma against each publication. For Thomson Reuters Impact Factor (IF) journals, NAAS Score = 6.0 + IF with capping on 20.00.

(iv) Attach one set of reprints of the 10 most important publications listed in the nomination, and also submit soft copies of their PDF along with the soft copy of the complete Nomination Form on a CD.

(b) Products and Technologies*

Note: An illustrative (but not exhaustive) description of indicators is provided below for allocation of marks. The Sectional Committees may consider equivalent indicators for scoring and award of maximum marks as given below depending upon relevance and level of penetration of product/ technology among stakeholders. For online products, URL should be accessible.

1. 
   Developer of each patented and commercialized product/ each plant variety Gazette Notified by the CVRC/ animal, fish, bird breed (strain) authenticated by accredited body (national level) - 16 marks each
   
2. 
   Developer of each patented product (not commercialized)/ Associates of plant variety released by the Gazette Notified by Central Sub-Committee on Seed Standards, Notification and Release/ associate developer of animal, fish, bird breed(strain), with evidence of sale by demand of consumer farmers or other users such as breeder seed indent, production contract with the organization, authenticated by accredited body (national level) - 12 marks each
   
3. 
   Developer of each product (not covered by items I and II above) released by a constitutional committee/ Developer of plant variety released by the SVRC (State Level) and notified by Central Sub-Committee on Seed Standards, Notification and Release, with evidence of sale by demand of consumer farmers or other users such as breeder seed indent, production contract with the organization, authenticated by accredited body - 10 marks each
   
4. 
   Product/technology (not covered by items I, II and III above) developed and commercialized/ Breeder of each non-notified/released crop variety protected under PPVFRA registry - 8 marks each
   
5. 
   Product/ technology developed and used/ Associates of plant variety released by the SVRC and notified by Central Sub-Committee on Seed Standards, Notification and Release - 6 marks each
   
6. 
   Copyrighted commercialized software/web resource - 2 mark each (limited to 10 marks)
   

* Developer (one) shall be awarded 100% marks, Co-developers (max. two) 50% marks and associates 30% marks.

Developer of Products and Technologies authenticated by accredited body at national level

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  Products: including variety, unique germplasm, genetic stock, chemical and biochemical formulation, diagnostics, vaccines, drug formulation, feed formulation, models of institutional innovations, programming, simulation or statistical models and computer software, including extension software such as expert systems and interactive multimedia, new pest and pathogen identified, new machines/equipment or major modifications in them and development of new value-added products that have been economically evaluated and adopted or have the potential to be adopted on a wide scale. In the case of social sciences, it may include special reports, policy papers, etc. with evidences of influence on research priorities, economic policies and programmes.
  
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  Technologies: Research findings that become sustainable practices among the stakeholders. These include integrated pest management, integrated resource management, integrated farming system models, water harvesting and conservation methods, post-harvest technologies, institutional innovations, livestock and poultry, improvement and innovative extension efforts leading to large scale diffusion and adoption of technologies.
  

Documentary evidence should be enclosed for the patents/ copyright, adoption of products and technologies and their impact on livelihood of farmers/commercial value and acceptance by clients/stakeholders.

In outstanding cases where an extraordinary contribution such as development of a product/technology which has made large scale impact either at national or international level, for example development of HD2967 variety of wheat and zero-till drill, the Sectional Committee may award as much high marks as possible after critical examination of the claims of the nominee vis-à-vis co-workers. Such recommendations must be brought to the attention of the joint meeting of the conveners for ratification.

2. PATENTS/COPYRIGHT for which products have not been developed (Max. 10 marks)

Patents granted with details of Patent No., Trade Marks and IP protection should be provided (each patent/copyright scores 2 mark limited to maximum 10 marks).

3. AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIP OF NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMIES, etc (Max. 10 marks)

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  National and international awards of high repute such as Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, Shanti Awarup Bhatnagar Award and Norman E. Borlaug Award (4 each)
  
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  Fellowship of National Science Academies (INSA, NASI, IAS, INAE) (4 each)
  
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  Awards by ICAR, CSIR, DST, DBT, NRDC, National Science Academies, etc. (2 each)
  
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  Young Scientist Award/Associateship by the National Science Academies (2 each)
  
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  National and International level Professional Society and Academy (not covered above) Awards/Recognition (Fellowship; Lifetime Achievement Award; President, Editorin-Chief (or equivalent), and Secretary positions) (1 each limited to maximum 5 marks)
  

Guidelines for Submission of Nominations

Duly completed Nomination Form should be sent by the Proposer to the Executive Director, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, NASC, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012 so as to reach him by 31 March, of the year of nomination.

Nominations will be grouped under the following 8 sections:

1. 
   Crop Sciences, covering Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Genetic Resources, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry and Seed Technology
   
2. 
   Horticultural Sciences, covering Fruit Science, Vegetable Science, Ornamental Horticulture & Landscape Gardening, Plantation Crops and Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (improvement, production and biotechnology)
   
3. 
   Animal Sciences, covering Animal Genetics & Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology, Animal Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Animal Production, Animal Health, Animal Products Technology, Dairy Sciences and Poultry Sciences
   
4. 
   Fisheries Sciences, covering Fish Genetics & Breeding, Fish Nutrition, Fish Pathology, Fish Biotechnology, Fish Biosystematics, Fish Processing &Technology, Fisheries Resource Management and Aquaculture
   
5. 
   Natural Resource Management Sciences, covering Agricultural Meteorology, Agronomy, Environmental Science, Forestry & Agroforestry, Soil Science, Water Management and Agricultural Physics
   
6. 
   Plant Protection Sciences, covering Agricultural Chemicals, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Nematology, Microbiology and Organic Chemistry
   
7. 
   Agricultural Engineering and Technology, covering Farm Machinery & Power, Soil and Water Engineering, Agricultural Process Engineering, Food Science & Nutrition, Food Technology, Textile Chemistry and Computer Application in Agriculture
   
8. 
   Social Sciences, covering Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Statistics, Extension Education, Home Science and Bioinformatics
   

Last date for submission of nomination

1. 
   The complete nomination should reach the NAAS Office on or before 31^st March of the year of nomination. No updates/reprints/additional information shall be considered after that date.
   
2. 
   Nomination for selection of Associates should be written on the envelope containing the nomination papers.
   

Before sending the nomination, please ensure the following:-

1. 
   Nomination Form is signed by the Proposer on pages 1 and 2 of the Nomination Form.
   
2. 
   A copy of each of the best 10 papers is attached.
   
3. 
   A copy of each of the proofs for claims made in items (3), (4) & (5) in Part – B of the Nomination Form is attached.
   
4. 
   Ensure that all the information provided in Part B of the Nomination Form is correct to the best knowledge of the Proposer.
   
5. 
   CD containing soft copy of the complete Nomination Form, including the PDF of 10 best papers, is attached with the Nomination Form.